YEN BAI (VNS) — Construction began yesterday on a general hospital worth US$52 million in Phuc Loc Commune in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai. The hospital, covering 36,000sq.m, is designed to provide medical services including internal treatment, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, and orthopedics upon its completion in June 2015. The Export-Import Bank of Korea will finance $45 million through the Economic Development Co-operation Fund using ODA from South Korea. Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Pham Duy Cuong said that the quality of local medical and healthcare services were expected to be enhanced substantially by the hospital. — VNS … [Read more...] about RoK funds $52 million hospital in Yen Bai
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Tigers appear in Yen Bai Province
Illustrative image. HA NOI (VNS)– Authorities in northern Yen Bai Province's Luc Yen District have confirmed the existence of tigers in the local forest, according to district People's Committee chairman Hoang Kim Trong. The confirmation was made after local residents reported seeing and hearing two tigers while collecting bamboo sprouts in forest near the district's Minh Tien Commune last month. Local forest rangers also found tiger footprints in the area. The local authority is taking measures to protect locals and the tigers, Trong said, asking for the help of scientists and wildlife protection organisations.-- VNS … [Read more...] about Tigers appear in Yen Bai Province
Construction of steel plant begins at Yen Bai
Vietnamese giant steelmaker Hoa Sen Group (HSG) on Wednesday broke ground for a new steel plant in the northern Yen Bai Province’s Tran Yen District.The plant, which is HSG’s fifth steel plant in the northern region, will be located on 20 hectares of land in Minh Quan and Bao Hung communes. It requires an investment of VND1.05 trillion (US$26 million) and will have the capacity to produce 220,000 tonnes per year.The project is divided into three phases. The first phase, to be completed in September 2018, will have an annual capacity of 64,000 tonnes. The second and the third phases, to be completed by March 2020 and September 2021, will have an annual capacity of 64,000 tonnes and 104,000 tonnes, respectively.At the ground-breaking ceremony, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Do Duc Duy said the project highlighted the industrial development in the province. It would contribute to socio-economic development, help raise people’s incomes as well as … [Read more...] about Construction of steel plant begins at Yen Bai
Korean firm to build solar plant in Yen Bai
South Korea’s Solkiss Company will invest in a solar power project on Thac Ba Lake in Yen Binh District, northern Yen Bai Province, a local official said.Truong Ngoc Bien, director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, said the project will combine wind, solar and water energy to produce electricity. The province and the South Korean company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the project early this year in Seoul.According to the MoU, the province will assist the investor in conducting necessary surveys and research as well as in implementing the project. The province will also negotiate with Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) on electricity selling price.The Solkiss Company will establish a plant in Yen Bai and train local workers.The company also pledged to bring more investors to explore investment potential in Yen Bai Province.Do Young Woo, president of Solkiss Company, said the company will invest VND25 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in building the power plant … [Read more...] about Korean firm to build solar plant in Yen Bai
Landslide victims get support in Yen Bai
YEN BAI (VNS)— More than VND1.5 billion (US$73,000) had been donated to landslide victims in La Pan Tan Commune, Mu Cang Chai District in the northern mountainous Yen Bai Province as of Thursday. The September 7 landslide left 20 casualties in Trong Pa Trang Village, mostly local indigenous people who had been collecting left-over tin ore at the nearby mine. Part of the donation will be used to support the studies of 20 students whose parents died in the accident, while some will be used to build new schools, local authorities said.-VNS … [Read more...] about Landslide victims get support in Yen Bai
Yen Bai helps children of landslide victims resume study
YEN BAI – (VNS) The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai helped children whose parents died in the landslide in La Pan Tan to resume their study after the disaster. According to Giang A Tong, the provincial Mu Cang Chai district People's Committee head, at least 17 people were killed in a landslide last week while heading to a tin mine in La Pan Tan Commune. He said that after 16 students lost their parents in the accident, most of them dropped out of school for days. Tong said his district would try its best to help ensure those children did not miss out on their education due to the disaster. Tong said his district had listed the children whose parents died in the landslide and requested the local Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs for consideration to provide social protection policies for those children. The district planned to spend donations from individuals and organisations to provide the children with savings accounts to ensure they would have … [Read more...] about Yen Bai helps children of landslide victims resume study
Heavy rains kill two in Yen Bai Province
YEN BAI — Heavy rains in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai over the past few days have killed two local people. One was buried in a landslide in Mu Cang Chai District early yesterday morning while the other was struck by lightening in Van Chan District on Sunday. Local authorities have evacuated two households in Tram Tau District's Ban Mu Commune in case of landslides. The province has also asked for flood prevention and search and rescue activities to be enhanced. — VNS … [Read more...] about Heavy rains kill two in Yen Bai Province
Yen Bai has plans to reduce drownings
YEN BAI — The northern province of Yen Bai has put forward plans to reduce child drownings, which have been reported as "alarming" here. Stiff measures include stricter co-ordination between schools and families, including swimming lessons in school curriculums, launching anti-drowning campaigns before and during summer breaks, establishing local voluntary child-care networks and promoting house safety criteria. A nine-year-old boy from Vinh Lac Commune, Luc Yen District was drowned while swimming in a pond near his home earlier this week, bringing the total number of cases in the district to five this month alone. Dozens such cases are reported every year in the province. — VNS … [Read more...] about Yen Bai has plans to reduce drownings
Drama as old bomb defused in Yen Bai
YEN BAI (VNS)— A bomb disposal team in northern Yen Bai Province successfully defused a 340kg bomb discovered 5m underground in the provincial Phuc Loc Commune on Wednesday.During upgrades to National Highway 32 through the commune's Village 4 last Friday, workers uncovered the bomb which had been dropped by American troops during the 1968-75 war.Over 50 soldiers were mobilised to guard and ensure local people's safety before disposal. — VNS … [Read more...] about Drama as old bomb defused in Yen Bai
Yen Bai residents engulfed by waste dump stench
Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh town, northern YenBai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearbywaste dumping station every day for the past ten years. Hundreds of residents in Yen Binh town, northern Yen Bai Province, have been forced to struggle with the stench from a nearby waste dumping station every day for the past ten years. The station, intended to be temporary, was set up just 150m away from houses in the town and sits next to Yen Binh's cemetery. Nguyen Thi Tuu, a local resident, said her family have lived with the resultant environmental pollution for more than ten years. "There are a lot of flies and mosquitoes around here and preventivemeasures like spraying chemicals does not kill all of them," she said. "They burn the rubbish manually and do not classify it into differentcategories first, which means that the smell is especially … [Read more...] about Yen Bai residents engulfed by waste dump stench